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Laura Bush has an approval rating of 74% (Gallup Poll). Teresa Heinz Kerry has an approval rating in the 30s --- with this, the influences for one candidate are almost certainly positive, while for the other, almost certainly negative.
So -- why doesn’t the Kerry camp stick Teresa on the shelf and be done with her? Teresa doing nothing means doing no harm at this late date – and putting her out there will only draw continuing comparisons to the highly popular Laura Bush. In addition, I doubt very seriously that the perceptions voters have of Teresa will change much over the next week or so, short of Teresa adding "Mother" to her name, and there is always that chance she will lose track and say or do something ----- atypical. Is this what the Kerry camp really wants, despite their statement to the contrary. I can't believe it. I have to wonder if she is still out there due to her personal relationship with the Senator. Has Kerry taken a hard position on this matter?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1301970,00.html
And so – the ominous last words.
So -- why doesn’t the Kerry camp stick Teresa on the shelf and be done with her? Teresa doing nothing means doing no harm at this late date – and putting her out there will only draw continuing comparisons to the highly popular Laura Bush. In addition, I doubt very seriously that the perceptions voters have of Teresa will change much over the next week or so, short of Teresa adding "Mother" to her name, and there is always that chance she will lose track and say or do something ----- atypical. Is this what the Kerry camp really wants, despite their statement to the contrary. I can't believe it. I have to wonder if she is still out there due to her personal relationship with the Senator. Has Kerry taken a hard position on this matter?
…As a campaign asset, those two sentences define her strength and weakness. The committed love her for it. But the polls suggests others are disapproving. Laura Bush’s approval ratings are 72 per cent, Mrs Heinz Kerry’s 35 per cent…
…The campaign declares her to be an asset, yet is less than adventurous with her schedule. Every fourth day in the past three months she has campaigned in Pennsylvania, one of the four states she calls home. It is indeed an important swing state once represented in the Senate by her Republican first husband John Heinz, the ketchup heir.
There is a reservation to let her loose, due largely to the heart-warming way in which she has occasionally wandered off message. …
But deep down, there is no chance of her changing. “I cannot change who I am. Win or lose, I cannot change,” she said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1301970,00.html
And so – the ominous last words.